Photo Credit: Jennifer Taylor, Irene Abrigo, Maestro Salvatore Di Vittorio with the Chamber Orchestra of New York Nothing seems too complicated for this highly versatile and engaging violinist. Her strength lies in her noble simplicity. She balances a lunch date with an old friend during a brief, jet-lagged visit to New York City with a rehearsal, geared to transform the audience at Carnegie Hall that evening. She spontaneously performs at an educational initiative with a pia

A gripping first historic novel by the esteemed arts writer and former editor-in-chief of Gramophone Magazine , Inverne describes The Inspired as : “the most personally meaningful thing I've ever written.” A version of this post was published by Pianist Magazine on March 23, 2026 In 1958, amidst the Cold War, 23-year-old Texan Van Cliburn  won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The event was intended to showcase Soviet cultural superiority immedia